A TEESSIDE woman has donated £500 to her local hospice after selling her story to a women’s magazine.

Karen Hills of Netherfields, Middlesbrough, vowed never to go on a sunbed again after being diagnosed with skin cancer.

After telling her story to Women’s Own she received £500 which she has donated to Teesside Hospice.

Angela Graham, head of fundraising, said: “Teesside Hospice is extremely grateful to Karen for donating £500, which she received from sharing her experience.

“Karen’s story is both courageous and heart warming and we’re very pleased that she has managed to overcome her illness.

“Teesside Hospice has to raise £3,600 each and every day of the year in order to provide our specialist palliative care services to local people, so we rely heavily on the generous support of people like Karen in order to maintain these services.”